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Helen Doron Educational Group partners with global leader in education, assessment and technology

The Helen Doron Educational Group announced recently that it has entered into
a partnership with Pearson to prepare test takers for Pearson's tests of English
language proficiency. As a result of this new collaboration, more than 30,000 of
the 100,000 students enrolled at Helen Doron Early English Centres around the
world will now have access to test preparation and support for Pearson Test of
English General (PTE General) and Pearson Test of English Young Learners (PTE
Young Learners).

According to the information provided, PTE General is a suite of
scenario-based English language tests designed to allow students who are
speakers of other languages the freedom to express themselves and demonstrate
how well they can use English. It assesses all areas of language ability -
listening, reading, speaking and writing - providing an overall picture of the
test taker’s English language abilities.

Helen Doron Educational Group provides English language learning programmes
and educational materials for more than 100,000 babies, children and adolescents
worldwide each year. With an expanding network of more than 500 learning centres
in 27 territories throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, the organization has
served more than one million children since it was founded in 1985, by CEO Helen
Doron.

"For the last quarter of a century, our focus has been on providing learners
with language acquisition tools that go beyond the mere mechanics of reading and
writing to emphasize the critical importance of understanding and speaking,"
said Ms Doron. "PTE General and PTE Young Learners are precisely the type of
language assessment tools that take this holistic approach to measuring English
language ability. We are proud to add them to the portfolio of offerings in our
centres around the world." (kbp)